The name hyssop was given to a number of different plants in olden times. From Wordnik.com. [Article Source] Reference
Though well known in ancient times, this plant is probably not the one known as hyssop in. From Wordnik.com. [Culinary Herbs: Their Cultivation Harvesting Curing and Uses] Reference
To dip hyssop in the water, to sprinkle with, Nu 19: 18. From Wordnik.com. [Barnes New Testament Notes] Reference
Our mother went briskly about the house, with well-water and hyssop. From Wordnik.com. [The Praise Singer]
And they, putting a sponge full of vinegar about hyssop, put it to his mouth. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 50: John The Challoner Revision] Reference
It does not mention the use of water, scarlet wool or hyssop in the sprinkling. From Wordnik.com. [Our Man In Heaven: An Exposition of the Epistle to the Hebrews] Reference
From the hyssop in the wall to the cedar in Lebanon, their fruit is their glory. From Wordnik.com. [The Riches of Bunyan] Reference
That draught of hyssop and fleur-de-lis that you got from him - it never was used. From Wordnik.com. [The Confession of Brother Haluin]
Purge me with hyssop and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. From Wordnik.com. [Human Traits and their Social Significance] Reference
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. From Wordnik.com. [Psalms 51.] Reference
Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. From Wordnik.com. [Apology Sermon] Reference
And herbs will include some more unusual varieties, like anise hyssop and Thai basil. From Wordnik.com. [A. Siegel: The "White House Organic Vegetables Brand"?] Reference
For the anonymous commentator hyssop represents humility which enters our hardened hearts. From Wordnik.com. [Hamilton: "A Liturgy of Reform"] Reference
“Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.”. From Wordnik.com. [An American Tragedy] Reference
When the devouring flames seize upon the cedar, shall not the lowly hyssop fear and tremble?. From Wordnik.com. [Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala] Reference
I would like to suggest that a bunch of hyssop be again substituted for the bouquet of flowers. From Wordnik.com. [The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol 2 (of 2)] Reference
If hyssop, as the nearness of sound might persuade us it doth, then there are several kinds of it. From Wordnik.com. [From the Talmud and Hebraica] Reference
And for the purification thereof he shall take two sparrows, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 03: Leviticus The Challoner Revision] Reference
On the way back, she stopped at a dry sunny bank and cut some pleasant-smelling purple hyssop flowers. From Wordnik.com. [The Plains of Passage]
Her hands reached out hungrily for the cape and rubbed its hem, as if it were leaves of thyme or hyssop. From Wordnik.com. [Son of a Witch]
In ancient and medieval times hyssop was grown for its fancied medicinal qualities, for ornament and for cookery. From Wordnik.com. [Culinary Herbs: Their Cultivation Harvesting Curing and Uses] Reference
Thou shalt sprinkle me with hyssop, and I shall be cleansed; Thou shalt wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. From Wordnik.com. [ANF01. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus] Reference
Thou shalt sprinkle me with hyssop, and I shall be cleansed: thou shalt wash me, and I shall be made whiter than snow. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 21: Psalms The Challoner Revision] Reference
She has gathered hyssop, sage, and other herbs for healing from the brow of Mount Tabor, pistachios from the lower slopes. From Wordnik.com. [Evan Eisenberg: Mary Christ] Reference
Though little used in the West, hyssop is another powerful herb, exhibiting strong antiviral and antibacterial properties. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Stein: When a Superbug Strikes Close to Home, How Can You Deal With it?] Reference
John the Baptist and his cousins, with the wool and hyssop, are for mares, and ailing dogs, and fowls that have the jaundice. From Wordnik.com. [Lorna Doone] Reference
He was versed, too, in botany, being acquainted with plants and trees "from the hyssop upon the wall to the cedar of Lebanon.". From Wordnik.com. [General History for Colleges and High Schools] Reference
Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a sponge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth. From Wordnik.com. [From the Talmud and Hebraica] Reference
The mixing of water with blood for sprinkling and sprinkling by means of wool wrapped around hyssop may be inferred from the case of the. From Wordnik.com. [Our Man In Heaven: An Exposition of the Epistle to the Hebrews] Reference
"But the wise king of Israel found them interesting, for he 'spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall.'". From Wordnik.com. [Among the Trees at Elmridge] Reference
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